(August 27, 2012 at 10:21 pm)CliveStaples Wrote:(August 27, 2012 at 10:00 pm)Chuck Wrote: Everything goes down hill when "god" was asserted to be real enough to possess attributes.
Don't strictly fictional entities still possess attributes? Doesn't Superman possess the attribute of "being Kryptonian", or "able to leap tall buildings in a single bound"?
Good point. Fictional characters possess imaginary attributes, which is generally not a problem. Characters that are supposed to be real with assigned attributes observable enough to rule them out if they can't be seen to exist or contradict each other are a problem for proponents of them being real.
For instance, if the Loch Ness monster had been given the property of shining brighter than the sun at night; or of also being Santa Clause; it's existence would have been ruled out long ago.